plasma
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1. the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | ecf, extracellular fluid, |
| definition | : | liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid (noun.body) |
| substance holonym | : | plasma protein, |
| definition | : | any of the proteins in blood plasma (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | gamma globulin, human gamma globulin, |
| definition | : | a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses (noun.substance) |
2. (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | state, state of matter, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | interplanetary gas, |
| definition | : | a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | physical chemistry, |
| definition | : | the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances (noun.cognition) |
3. a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | calcedony, chalcedony, |
| definition | : | a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz (noun.substance) |
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